If the population of gifted kids is statistically over-represented by white kids, then one of these must be true:

• The test doesn't measure giftedness, but rather level of education. So we would expect kids from worse schools to perform worse. This is institutional racism. The opportunity is not equal. • Gifted kids from minority communities don't have equal access to the test or the classes. This is institutional racism. The opportunity is not equal. • White kids are smarter. They all took the same test, white kids came out on top. This is a racist belief with a millennia of discredited science to back it up.

No racist teacher required.

Mostly useless tho

Before that, I was laid off from a company that was rapidly going out of business, no surprise and I was ready to go.

As a data point, I've had 5 software development jobs in 25 years and have been laid off twice.

Sounds like you've had some bad luck, but I suspect things are getting worse.

I once worked for a company that had hired mostly people straight out of college. When the company faltered, they started looking for new jobs and were shocked at how much they were underpaid for their positions. But the company had a cool culture so it never occurred to them to test the market.

I almost never switch jobs for money, and for much of my career I've been underpaid. Which is OK. I have other priorities and accept it.

Even so, I'm on my 5th job in 25 years and my current position is the one I've held for the longest.

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Blue collar work wears out the body. Are you going to be welding at 50? Working as a guide at 60? Tile workers in my family all stopped in their 40s because they could no longer do it.

I could quit my programming job and live on a lot less, as I have savings and already own most of the stuff I need, but health insurance is a problem. (And I like having money).

Musk pushed all questions about new models to the Robotaxi event in August and the media filled in the blanks and ran with "new, cheaper model" putting words into Musk's mouth.

He did say they weren't going to build a new production line.

You make a good point about these types of numbers. It's hard to get accurate and timely data in the field of economics, and headlines will never show the revisions, so the information we see will usually be the least accurate (assuming accuracy grows with time).

That said, these are good numbers and there's no reason to suspect they're not real.

But I agree with all your points.

With regard to point 4, if I download a desktop app for my Macbook and it's Electron, I see it as a sign of minimal commitment to user experience. They prioritized cost over my experience and I'm probably not going to choose that app unless there are no other options.

I do the same with iOS apps. If it's not native, I'll usually delete right away.

I found the hypothesis to be convincing in the story. By the time you figure out if a civilization is friendly, they may have advanced to the point where they could destroy you. Everyone has to hide. Not everyone has to exterminate.

Clearly, having discovered no other civilizations in the universe, we don't have enough information, so it's all guesswork and fantasy.

Google is a global company. They make money from developing countries, they should have employees in those countries as well. Or else the money flows only back to California.

But they don't want employees in Bangalore. They want indentured servants and poverty wages. 25 years ago, I was told there would be no software developers in America, and yet the number has gone up every year.

Workers are defenseless. Save your money in case you're laid off. Work less if they keep you on.

Let management be rewarded by nothing more than short term monetary gain. Don't give them extra productivity.

It has impacted the market for office building construction. Offices are starting to feel like malls: they exist and serve a function, but aren't strictly necessary.